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Twitterings: Failed Children’s Book Titles

July 29, 2009 | Permalink

This particular Twitter meme has been such fertile ground for me that I’m going to report my own contributions, instead of picking out favorites tweeted by others. Then I’ll open it up to submissions of further silliness in the comments.

  1. Curious George and Daddy’s Browser History
  2. Little House on the Auction Block
  3. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. When Are You Going to Get a Fucking Cell Phone? Read the rest of this entry »

Iran: Real Winners Don’t Blame

June 18, 2009 | Permalink

Day six of Iran’s post-election uprising, and all we can do is watch. Or at least, all we will — and indeed should do is watch.  Not until Tuesday, four days after the Ahmadinejad government released its incredible tally pronouncing its own reelection by a 63-34 margin, did President Obama comment on the situation. And very measured comments they were, with an emphasis on honoring the will of Iranian voters rather than condemning the ruling faction.

Even these mild pronouncements were immediately seized upon by the beleaguered Iranian incumbents, accusing the U.S. of fomenting the massive unrest they now face.
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Facebook Usernames: The Indifference is Deafening

June 11, 2009 | Permalink

The tepid reaction to Facebook’s upcoming implementation of usernames has been amusing. Don’t get me wrong — I’ve been as big a Facebook addict as nearly anyone, but there is something cynically satisfying about seeing a web power player make a “big announcement,” only to be left tapping the microphone and asking “is this thing on?”

This morning brought a pitch-perfect jibe of a post by Anil Dash, a veteran tech blogger. He goes on just slightly too long, but does nevertheless hit the humorous bullseye. A sampling:

The whole worldA small number of super-geeky obsessives is abuzz over the upcoming launch of Facebook Usernames, an exciting new feature that will let you put some parts of your name into a web address.

Since its announcement yesterday, there’s been a lot of excited discussion of the feature, but in a dashes.com exclusive I can exclusively report this exclusive look at the future of the feature…

June 13, 12:01am: Facebook launches Facebook Usernames. The gold rush is on!

June 13, 12:01:45am: The first completely irrational, highly unlikely theory about how Google indexes Facebook Usernames is emitted from the ass-end of the SEO industry. …
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Top 10 Tweets: “Crap Superpowers” Meme

June 9, 2009 | Permalink

No, these Twitter meme lists aren’t going to become the only blog entries I write. Unless they’re wildly popular, in which case I’ll become unwilling to write enough of them. So, for now…

  1. Blood sugar ESP (invisibl3Freddy)
  2. The ability to see other people’s Facebook profiles without being their friend (rhyseOneil)
  3. The ability to teleport your left hand to Exeter (bridgetjonesUK)
  4. Ice cream headache ray (peterhaglich) 
  5. Wielding the Lasso of Half-Truth (elissaryan)
  6. Retractable cup holders in your forearms (people next to you at the movies always hog them) (cheekandbluster)
  7. Power to turn pickles back into cucumbers (spiffingjewelry)
  8. Super-contempt (devilgotmywoman)
  9. Captain Compassion (CharlotteinPa)
  10. Power to turn lights on or off with handclaps — for REAL! (cheekandbluster)

Top 10 Tweets in the “3 Words After Sex” Meme

May 26, 2009 | 1 comment

Yep, count on me to keep it highbrow. #3wordsaftersex appears to be the meme du jour over at Twitter, so here are my top ten (of the amount I was willing to read through) with the tweeter’s names in parentheses.

  1. “This never happened.” (SuperSocialite)
  2. “Please stop crying?” (dannibby)
  3. “Must tweet this…” (steno)

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